The Ebonyi State Police Command,
have started investigation into the alleged rape of an undergraduate of the
Ebonyi State University, Esther Odinakachi, by the Technical Assistant to the
state Governor on the New Media, Francis Nwaze.

The state Police Public Relations
Officer, DSP Loveth Odah, said the matter, which had been reported at the State
Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, was undergoing
investigation.

The governor’s aide was alleged
to have driven the victim to his house and allegedly raped her.

Odinakachi told Punch that the
governor’s aide deceived her.

She said , “We are friends on
Facebook.

“I told him that I was a member
of the All Progressives Congress and that I wanted to join the PDP. He said he
could make me relevant in the party and that the governor was his brother. He
said we needed to meet face- to – face.

“We scheduled to meet at the
government house. Because I put on trousers, I was not allowed in. So, he drove
outside the gate and said I should follow him so he could go and meet his
friends. I entered the car and we went where he met his friends. There was not
much we could discuss because of that.

“When it was 9pm, I told him I
wanted to go home . He said he wanted to take me to his house so that we could
have a better discussion there . I left and went home.

“On Tuesday , he said there would
be a meeting at an amusement park . I asked if it was a PDP meeting and he said
no, but it was a meeting that I should attend . I told him I would be busy, but
would be available by 8pm.

“I came out of my school’s gate
around that time and saw him waiting for me . I entered the car and was
surprised that he didn’t follow the road that led to the amusement park.

“I asked why he changed his mind.
He said he wanted to take me to a calm place because the park was noisy. I told
him my father and fiancé were aware of my meeting with him and that if he did
anything funny , he would not get out of it.

“ I entered the vehicle and we
began the journey home. However, I observed that instead of taking Afikpo Road,
he took another road. I asked where he was going , and he said he was taking me
to my house. I protested that it was not my route , but he said he wanted to
take a shortcut.

“I was uncomfortable . As he
continued driving , I started shouting and screaming. He took me to his house
and raped me,” she added.

However, the suspect, described
the allegations as lies to destroy his reputation, saying he never touched
Odinakachi.

He said, “She said she was tired
of APC and wanted to join PDP. I told her to go to her ward or local government
to register.

“Besides , I asked what her
strength was in her ward and she said she just wanted to be relevant.

“At the end of it, I invited her
to my office and she came. I gave her a guide and after everything, she went
back. To cut the story short , I never knew she was planted to blackmail me. I
never raped her. There was no such thing.

“On the N1,000 I gave her; when
she was in my vehicle , she said she misplaced her N1,000 in the car. I was
surprised and wondered how her money would go missing in my car.

“I shouted at her and said if she
needed money , she should have told me, instead of lying that her money was
missing. I told her that I had only N1 ,200 and I could manage to give her N1
,000.

“Yesterday (Wednesday ), she
called me and asked if I saw the N1,000. I was shocked and told her to stop
calling me over the N1,000 and it was out of my magnanimity that I gave her my
N1,000. Then suddenly, she flared up and said if I didn’t give her money, she
would blackmail me. She said in fact , I was a rapist. She said she would deal
with me and end my career.

“I told her she could take the
matter to the public and let people crucify me . I graduated from Anambra State
University and I am in politics ; if it is about getting girls, I have choice
and if conji (libido ) holds me , I know where to get it.

“So , why will I rape a woman? I
did not rape anyone during my university days , is it now that I will rape? I
have girls throwing themselves at me , so why will I rape her?”

Speaking, the police
spokesperson, Odah, said the matter was being investigated , adding that
medical tests had been done.

She said, “The matter is being
handled by the gender unit at the SCIID. Investigation is ongoing.”